Reliance has also earmarked 100 cities in India for the FTTH services and the fibres for the same have apparently been laid over a year ago. Just like the Jio 4G, even the fibernet is being offered on the Unlimited basis for the preview customers. However, unlike the Jio 4G preview, the FTTH would only be provided to the buildings or the areas where the cable have already been laid and the last mile connectivity will be provided directly through the wire....

The new postpaid plan offers unlimited voice calling, 25GB of monthly data, and the rate for international calling is priced at Rs. 50 paise per minute for the United States and Canada. For the rest of the countries, refer to the chart embedded below. Jio says there are also no overage charges and the subscriber can even enable automatic monthly payments by linking a payment platform. Reliance Jio also made the process for enabling international roaming quite effortless as compared to other telecom operators....

Verily it is the season of devices which deliver dollops of superb performance at relatively low prices. We have already seen the Moto G and the Lumia 630 do just that, pretty much redefining what we can expect from a sub USD 200-225 device. And now, Asus has thrown the ZenFone 5 into the same ring – claiming to deliver excellent performance at an even lower price (Rs 9,999, or USD 167 approximately)....

You must have guessed by its name on what it does. A mat to wirelessly charge devices? Well, you are partially right. It is a mat which reduces the wires required for charging devices, but doesn’t completely eliminates the cables; ironic, but true. From their website: Powermat – First Thoughts The packaging of Powermat is worth a praise by itself. It is thoughtfully and attractively designed and the contents are neatly arranged inside....

When you consider that this was a device with specs that were on par with the mighty Nexus 5 which costs about twice as much and could give the likes of the S4 and HTC One (which cost even more) a run for their money, the reason for the surprise – pleasant though it was – became apparent. While most other players in the ‘affordable but high performing” phone segment had come in with the odd hardware and/or design compromise (the Lumia 630 had 512 MB RAM and 800 x 480 display and no front camera, the ZenFone 5 was on a dual core Intel processor rather than one of the Snapdragon superheroes and ran a slightly older version of Android, and even the Moto G had a camera that sucked more like a lozenge and even looked like an oversized one), the Mi 3 pretty much threw the hardware kitchen sink at the user at a staggeringly low price....

Oh yeah, it’s a Samsung all right! The moment you clap eyes on the phone, you can see it is taller than the “normal” ones. And you can also spot that typical, iconic Samsung design – the logo at the top, the home button doubling as a fingerprint scanner at the base with a 5.7-inch display in between. Flip the phone to its back, and you would see some subtle new touches in the design....

The Samsung Galaxy M51 is a very different kettle of tea. It is not the smallest phone around at 163.9 mm in height and at around 213 grams, it is not super lightweight either. But at 9.5 mm thickness, it does not seem overly bulky. It is simply a slightly large phone, which is a normal sight these days. Hey, the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra was taller and about the same weight, give or take a few grams....

The Galaxy Note series is one that meant success for Samsung right from the beginning, when the first Note broke sales records and properly introduced the concept of enlarged smartphones in the market. Now, several years apart, Samsung has finally unveiled the third generation device and by the looks of it, we dare to say it will be another successful release. As we speak, the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is being welcomed in the scene by IFA’s Berlin audience and Samsung’s own CEO, JK SHIN....

Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite Design and Display Going by the name, one would assume that the S10 Lite follows the same design language as the S10. However, that’s not the case with the S10 Lite, as it rather takes a much different design approach and comes with a glossy plastic panel at the back with a rectangular camera module for the rear cameras. Towards the front, it includes minimal bezels all around and features a 6....

Furthermore, Blass also shared an image that reveals the Galaxy S8 will feature an iterative design upgrade rather than a complete reboot which isn’t particularly a bad thing. Additionally, Samsung has removed almost every front component including the fingerprint reader and hardware navigation buttons to make room for a larger display with minimal bezel, a trend we expect to go standard in the smartphone industry this year. Speaking of the biometric reader, the fingerprint sensor has been shifted to the back, and the front camera houses an iris scanner instead of a dedicated opening....

The design is cool, but the development is awesome Yes, a lot of talk since the launch of the latest Samsung foldables—the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and the Galaxy Z Flip 3—has revolved around their specs and their design, in the best smartphone tradition. There has been the almost expected swooning over the Flip 3’s “cute” form factor (I still think it should not be positioned as a style product) and its external display, and lots of conversation around the Fold 3 has revolved around the support for the S Pen stylus....

Samsung has been bullish about the Bixby, and since the company senses that the smart AI-powered speakers are the future, it’s very likely that Vega will be offered in different variants. This is what Samsung VP Injong Lee had to say in a recent blog post, “Starting with our smartphones, Bixby will be gradually applied to all our appliances. In the future, you would be able to control your air conditioner or TV through Bixby....

Those were the words of a senior executive from Xiaomi India when the Chinese brand took over the number one slot in the Indian smartphone market in early 2018, replacing Samsung, which had held the title for the better (barring a brief intermission from Micromax). The rise of Xiaomi had taken a number of industry observers by surprise – after all, the brand had only made its way to India by mid-2014 and had for a long time, followed an online-only model, which had restricted to a relatively smaller segment of the market....

As a part of the offer the users of certain Samsung smartphones (detailed below) will get unlimited HD Voice & Video calling, unlimited SMS, unlimited High-Speed Data and a host of Jio Premium apps like JioPlay, JioOnDemand, JioBeats, JioMags, JioXpressNews, JioDrive JioSecurity and JioMoney free for three months. Samsung is expected to make the official announcement this week itself. List of Samsung smartphones eligible for Jio preview offer Following is a complete list of Samsung smartphones that will be eligible for the Jio preview offer....

1. iPhone (2007) – “We call it the iPhone” All right, this one HAD to be there. The very first iPhone was a design wonder because it simply was the first time someone had fit a large touchscreen (hey, 3.5 inches was massive in 2007!) into a relatively compact form factor. What’s more, it was the first time a large touchscreen phone had been made which did not need a stylus – it actually would NOT work with the styluses – and the interface was dead cool too....

Described as a new approach for creating reminders, Shifu lets you set reminders based on time, location, network or on a contact. Furthermore, it can identify hours of high usage, thus alerting you to charge ahead of time. And what’s really cool is that it can anticipate the next thing you need to do, such as predicting your next call and bringing out the right contacts when you need them the most....

Qualcomm is known to slowly drip down the important features of the premium 800 tier to the lower 600 tier. But the keyword in the previous sentence is “slowly”. It usually takes a while for that to happen. But not this time. Let’s take a look at the important features of Snapdragon 660. The first SoC in 600 tier to be based on Kryo 260 architecture Comes with Cat X12 LTE modem Supports Qualcomm Spectra 160 ISP Equipped with Qualcomm’s Hexagon 680 DSP Supports Clear Sight camera with Optical zoom (dual camera) Built on 14nm FinFET process Can support max display resolution of QHD (2K) Quick Charge 4....

The Snapdragon 778G Plus and Snapdragon 870 were launched 9 months apart, with the latter being the older one. Interestingly, both chipsets are improved and polished versions of their predecessors, not a true generational upgrade. The Snapdragon 778G Plus has its roots in the Snapdragon 778G, while the Snapdragon 870 is the successor to the Snapdragon 865 platform. Let’s compare the Snapdragon 778G Plus and the Snapdragon 870 to find out which of the two chipsets is better....

The great news is that thanks to a collaboration between Disney and robotics startup Sphero, you can now buy your own BB-8 droid for a price of $150. Of course, you won’t be buying a device that’s as big as the one you’ve seen in trailers, but it still comes with a wide range of awesome features worthy of its name. But you will be able to control the droid from your smartphone or tablet, which is something that Sphero specializes in....

As of now, existing users can log in to Spotify’s official website and change the country to be able to use make payments to the Premium plans. For which, they need to go to this page, change the country to India (in case you have selected another country), and wait for a few minutes before the plans are displayed on the screen. On the other hand, those wanting to use the service for the first time may not be able to sign up and pay for the plans currently....